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Microcline from
Trotter Mine (Lehigh Mine), Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Description
Comments:Occurs in pegmatites and in ore adjacent to pegmatite intrusives, often as crystals.
Colour:Whitish, green, dark green, blackish-green
UV Fluorescence:Blue-gray to bluish (SW)
Quality of samples:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache(1935):16 & 60; Dunn(1995):Pt1:133.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Albite
Andradite
Calcite
Genthelvite
Manganocummingtonite
Nelenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trotter Mine (Lehigh Mine), Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
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